Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Environmental research: history/background: since its founding, the cornerstone of the lloyd center research department has been field inventories in southeastern new england with a special focus on rare species listed under the Massachusetts endangered species act and rare habitats. Specializations have included lepidoptera (moths, butterflies) surveys throughout new england and the federally-endangered piping plover, for which inventory, monitoring, protection and education efforts have been conducted uninterrupted since the mid-1980's. Other past funded work has included estuary/salt marsh surveys, vernal pool certifications, diamondback terrapin monitoring and protection, beached-bird mortality surveys (seabird ecological assessment network - seanet), and a summer estuarine fish survey, including surveys at barney's joy. Larger unfunded projects have included the "biodiversity initiative", an effort to document all taxa within the slocum and westport river watersheds at sampling locations monitored long-term to assess landscape responses to climate change, and "mass moths", a project aimed at identifying and mapping the past and current distribution 2,800+ species of moths in Massachusetts. 2024 projectsin 2024, moths were collected and sent to former lloyd center research director, mark mello, by both the martha's vineyard land bank commission, and from camp edwards, while mello continued collection efforts at chosen locations within Massachusetts (mass moths). Contracted piping plover work continued at west island town beach (fairhaven), baker's beach (westport), elephant rock beach (westport) salter's point (dartmouth) and nonquitt (dartmouth). The nonquitt site was new in 2024 under a contract with the dartmouth natural resources trust (dnrt). Sites worked within preexisting contracts included richmond pond of atlantic rock beach club (westport), and winsegansett heights (fairhaven).ongoing in-house (unfunded) efforts include the 14th year of bird feeder surveys for the cornell feederwatch program, the 38th season of the winter waterfowl surveys, osprey platform maintenance and nest monitoring, as well as the 33rd season of water quality monitoring for "baywatchers" (buzzards bay coalition). The waterfowl survey long-term project includes an ongoing summation of 35 years of surveys.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -38.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.77; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings